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The God Bes

The God Bes

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Artist
Unknown (Egyptian)
Title
The God Bes
Date
305 B.C.E.-100 C.E.
Period
Ptolemaic-Early Roman Period
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
5 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 15/16 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Jane Werner Watson
Accession No.
1976.116
Classification
Sculpture
Geography
Egypt

Related

By February 1957, with Philip E. Mitry at The Anglo-American Bookshop (Cairo, Egypt); 1957, sold by Philip E. Mitry at the Anglo-American Bookshop (Cairo, Egypt) to Earnest C. and Jane Werner Watson (Santa Barbara, CA); December 1976, gifted by Jane Werner Watson to the Elvehjem Art Center [now known as the Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 2017-2018]

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